♪♪, ♪♪, ♪♪. From the national arts club in New York, I'm Susan Sarandon. Welcome one last time to mythos. In the previous program Joseph Campbell explored the mythic themes in Tomas Mann's Early stories and in his novel the magic mountain. In this program…

…into human cultural manifestation. We hope that these programs have given you some glimpse into that opening. This has been Susan Sarandon from the national arts club in New York City on behalf of the filmmakers and the Joseph Campbell Foundation. Thank…

♪♪, ♪♪, ♪♪, ♪♪. Hello from the national arts club in New York I'm Susan Sarandon. In 1927 a young graduate student named Joseph Campbell arrived in Paris to spend a year studying old French and the arthurian romances. Soon after he arrived he bought a…

♪♪, ♪♪, ♪♪. Hello from the national arts club in New York I'm Susan Sarandon. Welcome once again to mythos in the hero with a thousand faces, Joseph Campbell's Famous book about hero stories from around the world he identified the goal of every hero…

♪♪, ♪♪, ♪♪. Hello from the national arts club in New York I'm Susan Sarandon. Welcome to mythos. In this series Joseph Campbell has been following what he liked to call the one great story of humanity's adventure across millennia and around the globe. Why…

…the American people in the fine arts. It seems appropriate, then that this be our backdrop as we explore with Joe the art, literature and philosophy that have made western culture what it is. Until next time, this is Susan Sarandon. ¶¶, ¶¶, ¶¶, ¶¶, ¶¶.

♪♪, ♪♪, ♪♪, ♪♪. Hello, I'm Susan Sarandon. In the previous program of mythos, Joe Campbell used the symbols of kundalini yoga to take us up through the stages of consciousness. We pass on the way to illumination, from our animal instincts to the…

♪♪, ♪♪, ♪♪. Hello, I'm Susan Sarandon. In the previous program of mythos, Joe Campbell introduced us to yoga, a spiritual practice aimed at achieving ever higher levels of consciousness by meditation. In fact in all these programs on Hinduism and Buddhism…

♪♪, ♪♪, ♪♪. Hello, I'm Susan Sarandon. In the previous program of mythos, Joe Campbell told us that the Christ idea and the buddha idea were equivalent mythological symbols. The gods are projections of powers within us, not somewhere out there. One day…

♪♪, ♪♪. Hello, I'm Susan Sarandon. In the previous program of mythos, Joe Campbell introduced us to the myths of India, Hinduism and Buddhism. As he spoke, there seemed to be a blurring of the distinction between these two religions. What is the difference…

♪♪, ♪♪, ♪♪, ♪♪. Hello, I'm Susan Sarandon. This is the first program in a set of five programs of mythos in which Joseph Campbell explores the spiritual realm of the East, Hinduism and Buddhism. Joe's Enthusiasm for eastern religion is quickly obvious but…

Hello, I'm Susan Sarandon. In the previous program of mythos, Joe Campbell discussed the historical roots of the judeo Christian Tradition in the exodus. But history tells just half of the story. As the philosopher Novalis said, the seat of the soul is…

Hello, I'm Susan Sarandon. In the previous program of mythos, Joe Campbell took us to the sacred caves of our early ancestors to find the first traces of mythological thinking, the artifacts of a race of hunters and gatherers. In this program he moves…

Hello, I'm Susan Sarandon. In the previous programs of mythos, Joel Campbell explored first the source of myth in the human psyche, the soul. Using the stories and rituals of the American Indians, he next showed how myth provides a guiding path through the…

Hello, I'm Susan Sarandon. In the previous program of mythos, Joe Campbell began his story of humankind with an exploration of our inner world, the soul where myths come from. The idea of a living mythology which organizes and gives meaning to life does…

Hello, I'm Susan Sarandon. Mythos with Joseph Campbell is a series about myths and mythology. Simply put a mythology is a set of stories, of ideas that tries to make sense of the world and our place in it. But these are big ideas, ideas that make you…